A presentation at EUROGEO 2021 to illustrate innovation in education through the projects which EUROGEO, as a Belgian NGO, is involved in. The presentation examines the links between knowledge transfer and innovation and the process that the organisation has been going through. The presentation introduces geo-projects like GeoCapabilties and the creation of a European Values Atlas and those concerning the use of new technologies with different target audiences such as GOdIGITAL working with NEETS.

1. Karl Donert, Education Consultant
Vice President EUROGEO,
Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
kdonert@yahoo.com
Geo-projects and Innovation in
Education

2. Geography and
geo-technology
http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/COVID-19-To-Fuel-Next-Wave-Of-Innovation-
For-Education-Sector-/30-06-2020-292546/

3. Carayannis, Elias G., and David FJ Campbell. "Triple Helix, Quadruple Helix and Quintuple Helix and how do knowledge,
innovation and the environment relate to each other?: a proposed framework for a trans-disciplinary analysis of
sustainable development and social ecology." International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
(IJSESD) 1, no. 1 (2010): 41-69.
Quintuple helix
model
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Quadruple_and_quintuple_innovation_helix_framework

4. Innovation
processes –
Quadruple
Helix model
Galvão, A., Mascarenhas, C.,
Rodrigues, R.G., Marques, C.S. and
Leal, C.T., 2017. A quadruple helix
model of entrepreneurship, innovation
and stages of economic
development. Review of International
Business and Strategy.

5. The impact of COVID

6. The impact of COVID
more than 1.5 billion learners were affected school closures

7. The impact of COVID
• remote learning for millions of students in an
incredibly short space of time
• need joined-up strategy about how to utilise
the full potential of digital technology
• many difficulties faced by students who
experience the greatest challenge in their lives
• we must do more for these young people
The EDGE Foundation (2020), The Impact of Covid-19 on Education A summary of evidence on the
early impacts of lockdown,

8. Technology potential
• access to digital technology and connectivity
• vital importance of technology for learning
• wealth of online learning resources
• digital technology not integrated
• disadvantaged young people left behind
• teaching and education in the future needs to
change
The EDGE Foundation (2020), The Impact of Covid-19 on Education A summary of evidence on the
early impacts of lockdown,

9. Cloud Computing in Education

10. The Future of Technology
Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013, http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr
access, anywhere learning and collaboration

11. …. a framework is
needed for teachers
/ educators to thrive
in a Cloud-based
(digital) education
environment
Jisc, Digital Capability
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability

12. 12

13. https://www.eurogeography.eu/projects/

14. GeoTechnology
Projects in schools
• GI Learner - a project to develop geospatial thinking learning
lines in secondary schools
• GI Pedagogy – innovative pedagogy and teaching / learning
with GIS
• D3 - Developing Digital Data literacy
• GeoCapabilities – powerful disciplinary knowledge in
Geography
• EVALUE – Atlas of European Values
• Spatial Citizenship – using Geomedia to empower citizens

15. GI Learner
• Study materials created by teachers for 6 years of study
(K7-K12) on www.gilearner.eu – evaluated by pupils
• Descriptions, interpretations, articles, essays, posters,
presentations data, mapping-services, Online-maps using
primary and secondary data, city tours using online-
mapping, story-maps on project work

16. Geo-policy document
Final publication for the wider
public, government …
Available in 7 languages
https://www.gilearner.ugent.be/publications/

17. GI Learner – GI-Pedagogy
https://www.gilearner.ugent.be/

18. GI Pedagogy
https://www.gilearner.ugent.be/gi-pedagogy/
…. to provide teachers with
the skills and resources
they need to embed GIS
into their geography
teaching
… through using innovative
pedagogical approaches
Rosenshine, B., 2012. Principles of instruction: Research-based
strategies that all teachers should know. American educator, 36(1), p.12.
Sherrington, T., 2019. Rosenshine's Principles in Action. John Catt
Educational.

19. Rosenshine’s
principles
Rosenshine, B., 2012. Principles of
instruction: Research-based strategies that all
teachers should know. American educator,
36(1), p.12.
Sherrington, T., 2019. Rosenshine's Principles
in Action. John Catt Educational.
Sequencing
Questioning
Reviewing
Practicing
GI Pedagogy
https://www.gilearner.ugent.be/gi-pedagogy/

20. http://geocapabilities.org/

21. GeoCapabilities 3: PDK
Story Map of teachers vignettes http://bit.ly/2Okh0kR
http://geocapabilities.org

22. http://geocapabilities.org
Teachers vignettes
Teaching
challenging
subjects –
migration – in
social justice
contexts
https://www.geocapabilities.org/vignettes/

23. Atlas of European
Values
Open data from
European
Values Study
Surveys on basic
human values
main topics - family,
work, environment,
perceptions of life,
politics and society,
religion and morality
and national identity
https://www.atlasofeuropeanvalues.eu/

24. Atlas of European Values
https://www.atlasofeuropeanvalues.eu/

25. MY GEO: Geo tools for
Modernization and
Youth Employment
https://www.mygeoproject.eu/

26. https://iedra.uned.es/
MYGEO MOOCs
https://www.mygeoproject.eu/

27. GeoNode
http://geonode.mygeoproject.eu/
an open source platform “GeoNode” - a tool in
support of those interested in the sharing geo-data

28. MY GEO
Geo tools for Modernization and Youth employment
https://www.mygeoproject.eu/
https://www.facebook.com/MyGeoProject/
@mygeoproject

29. HUM@N Project: digital
humanities in higher education
https://www.digihuman.eu/

30. SYNOPSIS Project
Storytelling and fundraising for cultural heritage
https://www.cultural-storytelling.eu/

31. BALANCE Project
Green and stable SMEs
https://www.balanceproject.eu/

32. SEED Project
Qualification development for digital farming
https://www.digitalseed.eu/

33. DALDIS Project
Digital Assessment for Learning informed by Data
https://www.daldis.eu/

34. GOdIGITAL Project
Digital Skills for the young unemployed
https://godigital-project.eu/

35. TIMELESS Project
Training for adult educators working with seniors
https://www.eutimeless.info/en/

36. Digi-Path Project
Supporting the integration of migrants
https://www.digi-path.eu
Computer game to assist the integration of young
migrants into community life

37. Ride & Smile
Promoting sustainable transport in Primary Schools
https://ride.smile-project.eu/

38. Communicating Geography

39. Conclusions and some
Future Perspectives
• Long-term commitment …… from EUROGEO
• Common message of ‘power of geography’
• Ongoing research and project development
• Linked to policy initiatives … migration, digital
• Successful application for a 3-year
Jean Monnet award to European associations

40. Jean Monnet Award
• GeoDem : Geography, democracy, European
citizenship and the digital age
• European geopolitical issues - climate change -
cultural heritage - migration and the environment
• improving education in Europe
• address employability and
• digital competences

41. Seven Outcomes
• a book publication
• journal articles
• association newsletters
• an online gallery of resources
• an agreed Benchmark statement and
recommendations
• Web developments and
• Spatial Citizenship Research Platform

42. (based on STROBL
2008:134)
http://www.spatialcitizenship.org
Gryl I, Jekel T and Donert K, (2010), GI & Spatial Citizenship, In Jekel T, Donert K, Koller A and Vogler R, Learning with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag

43. Karl Donert
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
@karldonert
Presentation:
https://bit.ly/eurogeo21